For Albert, the film's casting directors are seeking a 17 to 18-year-old African-American male who is "stout-hearted as well as stout ...exuberant, funny and sweet." The actor should also be able to rap, sing and dance. For Old Weird Harold, the directors are seeking a 17-year-old African-American male who is very tall (around 6'5) and somewhat awkward.

Fat Albert Casting Call :washingtonpost.com

"The new group is called the Groonies, because they happen to live in a town where [Data], the Chinese kid, lives ... and he's got an electronics repair shop and all the kids hang out at his shop. He has this Chinese accent and he calls the Goonies the Groonies, and so the new kids call themselves the Groonies, until they get into a situation where the old Goonies have to save the new Groonies, or vice versa."

The 'Goonies' sequel is certainly off on the wrong foot.

Okay, I get all that — but what was on that mini-disc?

On a totally trivial subject in which I’m extremely interested: “I had a dream of setting up a little projector to display the visuals on a wall or ceiling whenever iTunes was playing." Beyond that, I hope to rent a projector to screen movies at the mad backyard parties I hope to throw once we move into an actual house with an actual yard this summer. (Print out this post for discounted admission! ;)

A camera crew and I followed Hollywood legend Ernest Borgnine at the wheel of his beloved 40-foot luxury bus The Sunbum as he barrels across the Midwest. Yep, he actually drives it! A special thank you to my brother Michael who drove the crew RV.

originally posted by xowie

For several months he staked out the Gladstone Hotel on East 52nd Street, where she was recovering from her divorce from Joe DiMaggio and her summary dismissal from her contract at 20th Century Fox. On one of those truant mornings, Mr. Mangone took an eight-millimeter Kodak camera from his brother, headed downtown and met Monroe just as she was leaving the hotel for a therapeutic shopping spree. Then, just as in the movies, she waved, winked and asked him to come along.

originally posted by xowie

Weep over my corpse, if you can weep tears of wine.
Sigh dejectedly for me, if you are intoxicated and carefree.
Bear me on your shoulders, if you stumble drunkenly along.
Cremate me on that land, where there once was a tavern.

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Pop Culture Junk Mail (Dec. 1) sez:

If you enjoyed the film, you’ve got to watch the DVD with the commentary turned on. Not only are director Chris Smith and producer Sarah Price on the commentary, but Mark and his familiar buddy, the perennially out-of-it Mike Schank, comment right along with them. Mark and Mike are just as goofy as they were in the first go-round, and really, watching the commentary is like getting a whole new “American Movie” sequel.

Elvis Mitchell on Velocity, starring crufty pagan Fairuza Balk.

originally posted by daiichi

"I did smoke a joint and I did inhale,'' he said, taking a jab at President Clinton's famous statement. "The bottom line is that's what it was in the '70s, that's what I did. I have never touched it since.''

originally posted by xowie

Following the success of Ghost World, in fact, Tomine has received several calls from would-be producers of the first Optic Nerve flick, but the cartoonist actually talked the callers out of it.

After 35 years, the fabled movie cut from hours and hours of film and audio tape recorded on the Merry Pranksters' bus is being released on video in 10 or so episodes. I found out this morning and ordered a copy of the first episode right away. I’ve been wanting to see this ever since I read Tom Wolfe’s Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, and the $29 tape includes footage of Neal Cassady’s famous rants – the same Neal Cassady who became Dean Moriarty in Kerouac’s On The Road – which makes it priceless, if you ask me.

Apple is hosting the first trailer for the upcoming Lord of the Rings movies.